Anthropology at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying anthropology, you may want to check out the program at San Jose State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from San Jose State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Anthropology section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology
• Master’s Degree in Anthropology

San Jose State Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how San Jose State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The anthropology major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools	16

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in anthropology from San Jose State. This makes it the #66 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Anthropology Student Demographics at San Jose State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the anthropology majors at San Jose State University.

San Jose State Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 anthropology majors earned their bachelor's degree from San Jose State. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jose State University with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

San Jose State Anthropology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of anthropology master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

In the anthropology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jose State University with a master's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

San Jose State also has a doctoral program available in anthropology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• General Social Sciences
• Criminology
• Urban Studies
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for San Jose State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	550	$115,610

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.